OPENING OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL TRAINING OF TRAINERS COURSE FOR STAFF OFFICERS 2013
Today (April 15th) the opening ceremony of the UN regional "Training of Trainers course for Staff Officers 2013 " took place at the "General Ernani Ayrosa Center", in Itaipava-RJ. The ceremony was presided by Col Cid, the representative of theBrazilian Ministry of Defense, accompanied by Lt Col Salomão, Deputy Commander of the Brazilian Peacekeeping Joint Center (Centro Conjunto de Operações de Paz - CCOPAB), and by a member of the Integrated Training Service (ITS) of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN-DPKO) and director of the course, Lt Col Asif Chaudhry, from Pakistan. There are professionals from the Armed Forces of the following countries: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, United States, Guatemala, Paraguay and Uruguay, besides the UN members from Pakistan, Nepal, France and the Philippines, and one instructor invited from Romania. After the ceremony the trainees presented themselves. In the sequence of events the instructors presented the objectives of the training and the table of activities. A pre-assessment was carried out, followed by lectures about the UN training design system and the delivery of the training. Their final activity consisted of group activities and discussion with the facilitators.
